When Los Angeles businessman Younes Nazarian donated 119 scholarships to the University of Haifa to commemorate the same number of Israeli soldiers killed during last year's Lebanon War, he attached a personal stipulation to the gift.

As a former fundraising professional at the Jewish Federation, I read with interest your story about the firing of Craig Prizant (a gentleman I do not know) ("Federation May Face Lawsuit Over Fundraiser Prizant's Firing," Feb. 27).

As the former creative director for Primedia for nearly 10 years and the publisher of Blvd Magazine, I was responsible for dozens of magazines, their content and their covers. In my weekly staff meetings, I never would have turned to any of you losers for cover ideas if...

Less than a month before Super Sunday, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' biggest annual money-raising event, Craig Prizant, chief fundraiser for the organization since 2004, was relieved of his job. Sources who asked not to be named said that on Friday, Jan. 12, Prizant,...

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